TITLE 6: CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
DIVISION 10: SPECIAL ACT FOR FIREARMS ENFORCEMENT (SAFE) § 10205. Authority to carry firearms in certain places and for certain purposes. (a) A person may not carry a firearm, except as provided by this Division or Commonwealth law. (b) A person lawfully in possession of a firearm may carry the firearm: (1) within the registrant’s home or on land belonging to the registrant; (2) on the land or in the legal dwelling of another person as an invitee with that person’s permission; (3) while it is being used for lawful sporting purposes, such as target practice at a shooting range or shooting gallery; (4) while it is being used for lawful hunting, fishing, or trapping purposes with a license or permit while engaged in hunting, trapping or fishing; (5) while it is kept at the registrant’s place of business; or (6) while it is being transported for a lawful purpose as expressly authorized by 6 CMC § 10206 or federal law and in accordance with the requirements of said law. (c) A violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $2,500 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both. (d) This section does not authorize a person to carry a firearm in a Gun Free Zone, as defined by 6 CMC § 10401. Source: PL 19-42 § 6 (Apr. 11, 2016), modified; (d) enacted by PL 19-73 § 10 (Dec. 1, 2016), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission numbered this section pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(a). The Commission changed the reference “§ 206 of this Chapter” in subsection (b)(6) to “6 CMC § 10206” and “§ 401 of PL 19-42” in subsection (d) to “6 CMC § 10401” to agree with the renumbered section pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(c). The Commission changed capitalization for the purpose of conformity pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(f).